Marcus du Sautoy

Gebundenes Buch

Blueprints

How Mathematics Shapes Creativity

Beschreibung

'WHAT TO READ IN 2025' FINANCIAL TIMES Many artists are unaware of the mathematics that bubble beneath their craft, while some consciously use it for inspiration. Our instincts might tell us that these two subjects are incompatible forces with nothing in common, but what if weâ re wrong?

Autor

Marcus du Sautoy is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and a fellow of the Royal Society. In 2008 he was appointed to the university's prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science, a post previously held by Richard Dawkins. He has presented numerous radio and TV programmes, including a four-part landmark TV series for the BBC called The Story of Maths. He works extensively with a range of arts organisations bringing science alive for the public, from the Royal Opera House to the Glastonbury Festival and from Complicite theatre company to the Serpentine Gallery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 163mm x 242mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780008684990
• ISBN-10: 0008684995
• Artikelnr.: 70944997